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In IPU 2025.2 (May 2025), Intel have released an alternative mitigation for a prior security issue (SA-00982) on Sapphire and Emerald Rapids CPUs. Intel suggest that certain workloads will benefit from using the alternative mode. This can be selected by booting with `spec-ctrl=ibpb-alt`. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/technical-documentation/cpuid-enumeration-and-architectural-msrs.html Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>